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[quote name='pepe1001' timestamp='1454363743' post='2969077'] [/quote] looks awesome - one of my face amps was one of the old powersoft puma 1000 - it looks like this shares many features! What's the amp module?

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1454022323' post='2965656'] I remember putting a ding into an otherwise mint American Standard Precision and being so annoyed with myself I punched myself in the face. At the 2nd or 3rd gig with my at-the-time-new Road Worn Precision, the singer knocked over my stand and the bass fell face-first onto the floor. I laughed. Half the appeal for me! [/quote] I've had one or two basses I've not played enough and sold precisely cos they were too "pristine". I used to ride around on a push bike with my Fender logo Squier JV on my back until Ricksfine53 pointed out it's value and rarity and politely asked me not to!

hmmm another good review for these... I would have tended towards the [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]1126 if I were buying but the s112 get so much love! [/font][/color]

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1451508070' post='2941146'] I always wondered why most bass manufacturers don't use bolts to secure the neck to the body or at least threaded inserts for the screws to screw into? And why not use bolts and threaded inserts for string trees too? Once it's come out once or twice then the screw hole is worn and you need to fill it. Pain in the arse! [/quote] you want to buy an Alpher bass then - they don't use screws at all!

So yesterday I made the switch from Android to iOS ... it's an odd feeling... So I need something to replace my nice android guitar tuner I used. - what do you recommend? (and so thing thread is a little more interesting for everyone else... what other bass related apps should we all check out?)

It's good. Never thought I would hear an argument why the NHS makes basses cheaper in it either!

[quote name='HazBeen' timestamp='1451758995' post='2943197'] Same here, I think they've been bought and he does not like the direction they are taking. The Bona thing may even be a result of a takeover too, Eich cannot honour prior arrangement due to new owner.... That could lead to a very upset Bona perhaps, his reaction was clearly very angry. [/quote] that and Markbass had made him a new amp...

guitars are fun. get one!

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1450383338' post='2932323'] I'll sell you 3 NT Streamers for that price... and the truss rods are replaceable without leaving your own living room! [/quote] looking at the exchange rate that's a bargain there!

[quote name='funkyjimbob' timestamp='1450367932' post='2932111'] So, I just received a very long email from Hans himself! To cut a long story short, he explained that the instrument was 9 years old (don't get this considering the supposed build quality) and Warwick can't be held responsible for how the bass is kept when it leave them. I kind of appreciate that and I understand the amount of work involved.. It was just the extortionate prices that I was concerned with! He has offered me a 25% discount on the costs of the repair (which makes you wonder how much they mark-up is being made on the repair in the first place) but I suppose if the worst comes to the worst and Martin can't sort it then 3000 euros is better than 4000 euros. I will ask that everybody on this forum crosses their fingers for me and hopes that Martin can work his magic! [/quote] I possibly needed new frets on my 1991 Streamer stance 1.... the price they quoted to ship and replace the frets was about 6 times what I had paid for it secondhand. In the end the guys at Alpher bass did an amazing job on the frets and sorted it for a tiny tiny price. For comparison at the price they are going for 3000 euros would buy you a Streamer Stage 1[u][b]and[/b][/u] thumb from the late 80's early 90's.. and probably a Streamer $$ from a more recent period... It would also get you a nice Fodera Standard secondhand (nice basses) or .... It's just mental pricing. I've got a old Streamer and a very old thumb - great basses - but they aren't the be all and end all of basses (and combined cost under half of that 3000euro)

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1450224826' post='2930815'] I hear what you saying and he does understand, but he's also fed up of trashing brand new cars chucking mountains of kit into them, so is looking for a new approach. [/quote] hence why the bose thing seems appealing... ive played through one a bunch of times. Theres a couple of churches i know bought systems when they came out... regret it now. They are good but not great but put you in a position where moving to a different system means a massive outlay as you cant just change parts of it like you can with a normal setup.

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1450176162' post='2930191'] I do like the engineering innovation in these! The problem is that front chamber generates a lot of unwanted resonances, as well as providing a Helmholtz resonance at the slot port, so although you gain bass output and gain improved midrange dispersion, there's a lot of midrange colouration. And I don't think the tweeter reaches low enough to match up with where the slot is acting as a lowpass filter on the woofer. I guess it's using a typically low excursion high efficiency Trace Elliot woofer, and the bandpass design is very good at reducing excursion for a given output, so it'll play louder than a conventional combo with the same woofer. Good way to get a lot of output and a lot of audibility out of a small box - certainly one of the lowest power combos that is giggable for many bassists. [/quote] ever wonder what cabs you may have ended up designing if you had started 20 years ago?

I would have thought the Harley Benton in your sig would be the perfect bass to slap on. I'm no expert but I would have though a normally set up bass would work with non super heavy strings... you just kinda hit it with your thumb, wonder why it sounds so bad, look up some videos of people teaching slap, keep trying, it still doesn't sound great... and then eventually you are practicing and realise it sounds right!

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1449319386' post='2922541'] Alan makes those too.. [/quote] yeah i know!

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1448956787' post='2919469'] Hey! So basically I wanted a P bass but with a shorter scale, not a Fender body shape and with Alan's craftsmanship. So given how awesome my Finn 5 is I spoke to Alan about this and he made it come out 10x better than I could have hoped The spec is: Finn DC Swamp Ash body (2 piece) Maple neck with acrylic impregnated maple fingerboard Overwound PB pickup Volume and passive tone only 32" scale It's ace, plug in and play and off you go with a superb tone and very easy playing neck. Love it [/quote] that looks lovely - I'ld love an ACG - but I like one-wood bodies and simple looking fretboards.

also .... go to carvings website, look at the photo of the back and read the label... it is switching...

it utterly depends on the type of power supply I think. Isn't there a guy selling a Carvin head for cheap on here?